Bas Böttcher
is one of the first to bring slam to the German-speaking stage and the
1997 German Slam Poetry Champion. Böttcher utilizes a dynamic,
rhythmic form of poetry, direct and driven by the sound and melody of
the language. His poetry shows sophistication, accurate choice of
language and style, and highly developed linguistic skills. Böttcher
simultaneously introduced rap into the German poetry scene and exposed
hip-hop to more lyrical elements. Today slams in Berlin and urban
metropolises of North Rhine Westphalia attract huge crowds that generate
an impressive roster of new poetry stars. Böttcher's visit to
Washington celebrates twenty years of slam poetry in Germany.

Regie Cabico
is one of the country's leading innovators and pioneers of poetry and
spoken word, having won 3 top prizes in the 1993, 1994 & 1997
National Poetry Slams. Bust Magazine ranked him in the 100 Men We Love, and The Kenyon Review
called him "the Lady Gaga of Poetry." He won a 2006 Best Performance
Art Production award for his work on "Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go
Blind." He has appeared on two seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and NPR's
Snap Judgement. His work is published in over 40 anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café, Spoken Word Revolution, & The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry.
He has taught at Urban Word NYC, Poets House, Kundiman, and Split This
Rock, and has served as faculty at Banff Arts Center's Spoken Word
Program. Regie curates and co-hosts La Ti Do: A Weekly Cabaret &
Spoken Word Series. He received the Writers for Writers Award for his
work with at-risk youth from Poets and Writers. With Brittany Fonte, he
co-edited a collection of North American and United Kingdom queer
poetry, Flicker and Spark, a 2014 Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Best Anthology.

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